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- TO ALL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN: Be it known that I, JOHN H. BROWN, of the city and county of' New York, have invented 'a new and improved manner of Attaching Handles to Pots and other Vessels; and I do hereby declare thatfthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which `will enable others skilled in the` art to-malie and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved tea-kettle; Figure 2 is a vertical cross section of the same, taken on a .plane indicated by the line :e 1:, iig. 1. Similar letters oilreference indicate like parts. i This invention has for its object the attachment of handlesto teafkettles, or other vessels of similar nature, in such a manner that the said handle can be freely turned on its bearingswhile theA pot -is standing, but as soon as suspended on the handle it will not be able to swing free, as was heretofore the case, -thus preventing the contents from owing over the side of thepot. Heretofore the handles, which generally consist of a'bent l. iron wire, were simply hung in ears' attachedto the pot, and would swing free when thel pot was standing. When suspended by the handle, the kettle could swing on the same, and, as the contents could thus easily flow over, many accidents occured by scalding. By my invention -this diiculty is completeley overcome, as the kettle,` vwhen suspended, will be steady on the hand1e,4and consequently, all possibility of Asuch accidents will be avoided. To the vessel'A, which is otherwise constructed as\usual, and of any suitable material, two ears, a, are attached, as seen in iig. 2. Each one Of'these ears is perforated with a slot, the ldwer end of which is considerably wider than its upper portion. The handle B, which is made of iron wire as usual, is bent in the shape seenl in fig. 2. The ends of the handle, which pass through the -slots in the Vears d, are squared in such a manner that when the kettle is standing the ends will be in the lower, widened portion of the slot, and will, therefore, beallowed to turn freelyin the saine, as seen in red lines in iig. 1. But when' the vessel is suspended, in which position it .s represented in the drawings, the squared portion of the handles will pass to the upper part of the slot in the ears a, where they are prevented from turning, as the slot is there just wide enough to allow the ends of the p handle to slide up and down in it. 5 In this manner it is obvious the kettle wllube held steady,"'and the objects above mentioned will be attained.

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent V l The 'pear-shaped slots in the ears a, in combination Vwith the flattened ends of the bail or handle of the kettle A, constructed and operating substantially as and for the.purpose described.

' JOHN H. BROWN.

Witnesses:

WM. DEAN OvEnnLL, t ALEX F. Ronnars 

